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“I would not cross the street to make a Baptist, but I would go round the world to make a Christian.”

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James Sharp (May 4, 1613 - May 3, 1679) was a prominent English bishop during the period of the Reformation. He played a significant role in the reform of the Church of England and had a lasting impact on the development of the Anglican Church. more

“I don't like writing straight-up thrillers. I like writing about families hurled into crisis and danger - soccer moms and regular dads and husbands who might have to rescue their daughters or who are, say, hedge fund managers and have one foot on the sidelines watching their kids and the other in nefarious cover-ups and conspiracies.”

Writing Might Kids Mother Feet Danger Mom Dad Husband Daughter Crisis Managers Soccer Fund Conspiracy Rescue Thrillers About Family Cover Ups Sidelines Straight Up Hedge Fund Soccer Mom

Author:Andrew Gross

“What a noble gift to man are the Forests! What a debt of gratitude and admiration we owe to their beauty and their utility! How pleasantly the shadows of the wood fall upon our heads when we turn from the glitter and turmoil of the world of man!”

Men World Turns Fall Gratitude Shadow Woods Debt Noble Forests Admiration Utility Turmoil Glitter Debt Of Gratitude

Book:Rural Hours

Source: Rural Hours

“It is the peculiar nature of the forest, that life and death may ever be found within its bounds, in immediate presence of each other; both with ceaseless, noiseless advances, aiming at the mastery; and if the influences of the first be most general, those of the last are the most striking.”

Ifs Firsts May Lasts Found Influence Bounds Forests Life And Death Peculiar Mastery

Book:Rural Hours

Source: Rural Hours

“Animated by Christian motives and directed to Christian ends, it shall in no wise go unrewarded: here, by the testimony of an approving conscience; hereafter, by the benediction of our blessed Redeemer, and a brighter inheritance his Father's house.”

Ends Christian Father House Wise Conscience Blessed Motive Testimony Inheritance Brighter Animated Benevolence Hereafter Redeemer Benediction Approving

Book:The Church and her ministrations: discourses

Source: The Church and her ministrations: discourses

“That which is good to be done, cannot be done too soon; and if it is neglected to be done early, it will frequently happen that it will not be done at all.”

Ifs Done Happens Goodness Neglected

Book:SERMONS, FOR PAROCHIAL AND DOMESTIC USE

Source: SERMONS, FOR PAROCHIAL AND DOMESTIC USE

“Correct opinions well established on any subject are the best preservative against the seduction of error.”

Wells Opinion Subjects Errors Seduction

Author:Richard Mant

“The strength of opening manhood is never so well employed as in practicing subserviency to God's revealed will; it lends a grace and a beauty to religion, and produces an abundant harvest.”

Wells Grace Youth Produce Opening Harvest Manhood Employed

Author:Richard Mant

“Every deviation from the rules of charity and brotherly love, of gentleness and forbearance, of meekness and patience, which our Lord prescribes to his disciples, however it may appear to be founded on an attachment to Him and zeal for His service, is in truth a departure from the religion of Him, "the Son of Man," who "came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them.”

Men May Lord Son Charity Attachment Disciple Gentleness Our Lord Zeal Departure Meekness Forbearance Deviation Brotherly Brotherly Love

Book:Biographical Notices of the Apostles, Evangelists and Other Saints: With Reflexions and Collects : Adapted to the Minor Festivals of the United Church of England and Ireland

Source: Biographical Notices of the Apostles, Evangelists and Other Saints: With Reflexions and Collects : Adapted to the Minor Festivals of the United Church of England and Ireland

“Scholars may quote Plato in studies, but the hearts of millions shall quote the Bible at their daily toil, and draw strength from its inspiration, as the meadows draw it from the brook.”

Heart May Inspiration Millions Study Draws Bible Scholar Plato Toil Brooks Meadows

Author:Moncure D. Conway

“If you can but give to the fainting soul at your door a cup of water from the wells of truth, it shall flash back on you the radiance of God. As you save, so shall you be saved.”

Ifs Giving Wells Soul Truth Water Doors Saved Cups Flash Radiance Fainting

Author:Moncure D. Conway

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